Speed-indicator.



'PATENTED 0015.23., 1906.

No. 834,079. E. H. RIORDAN;

SPEED INDICATOR. nrLIoA'nol Hup 112112. 1906.

' W/7TNESSES.'

driven by a suitable s Im-proved l UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

1Bpeciicationof Letters'latent.

Patented Oct. 23, .1906.

Aspuaaonand rebmlry 1'2. 190e. serai No. soc,ss1.

To a/ ZZ whom' it may concern:

Be it'lmown that I, EDMOND HUGH Rion- .DAN a' citizen of the United' States, and a resident of Idaho City, in'the county ofl Boise and State'of Idaho,haveinvented a new and S leed-Indicat r', of which the followririgis a dill, clear, and'exact descri tion. The inventionl relates to talking-mac `nes;

- and its object is to provide anewjand im' lthe user of themachine 'forming a part of this 'similar characters'of re machine',

proved speed-indicator arranged to enableto uickly and conv eniently `adjust the speed o the motor, and consequently that of the-record, to insure [pla 'ng ofthe record-piece in proper time.

v"lll-11e linvention consists of novel features and parts andcombinations of' the same,

after and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment represented in the accompanying drawings,- s ecification, in which erence indicate. correspending parts in both the views.' Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement as and Fig. 2 is a sectional' side elevation of the same.

The tlkngmachinejof any 'approved construction is mounted on the usual casing A, and the record B is'held on aturn-table' C, l ring-motor arranged within't'he casing Aan iup the motor is 'regulated by the usual speed- @regulating screw E, extending 'throng the A 'regulate cated'in Fig. '1. 59

' preferably consisting o ings, the top face-of the head E top of the casing end 'a head E bythe o the spee lA and having on its'ulpiper adapted to be taken ho of jerator for conveniently .screwing fregulatingv screw up 1.' downto the Vspeed of the motor in the usual l manner.A AdJacent to this outer end of the speed-regulating screw at its lower end with a ange F', fastened by -nailsscrews, or like fastemng 'devices to the top ofthe casing A` between the regulatingscrew E and the turn-table 0,1 as plainly On the front Yface of the indicator-plate Fv is arran ed a graduation G,

i; spaced lines numered consecutively, as shown' in -the drawof the regulating-screw E indicating on ,the said lines to ,indicate thespeed of the motor. In using t e Victor talking-machine the of the invention is applied lto a Victor talking' time. f 'It is also evident that\the in 'may be applied to new machines and the lrec- 'ords marked corresppndingl' by the manuadapted to be wound by winding-up mechanism D, extending' to the outside of the casing. A. The speed of E/ is arranged a ver tically-disposed indicatrdplate F, provided 'Which't operator-places a record B on the turn-table C, then starts the motor. screws the speed-regulating screw E up or down 'until the proper speedis obtainedthat is, the piece of music or the like is reproduced in correct time. When this has been done, the motor is stopped and the user vof the machine marks jthe'record B in any suitable manner with the graduation-numeral corresponding to the mark opposite the top of the head E. Thus when vthe marked record is later on again used on the machine it is only 'necessary for the operator to look at the numeral marked on the record, and then the operator adjusts the s eed-regulating screw E until .the to of the ead E registers with Thev operator now the correspon" 'ng numeral on the indicatorplate G. When the motor then is started,

the record is turned at the proper speed to applied to 'the records as yabove described to allow futura reproductions ofthe record-piece in roper 'cator facturers of the mal nes an before they are sold.

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Ina speed-indicator foratalking-mafchine, the combination with the machinecasing and the speed-regulating screw of the motor for the talking-machine adjustable in and out of the casing to regulate'the speedof the motor, of an indicatorfplate having means for attachment to the with the speed-regulating screw and provided with a` graduation on which the speed-regulating screw indicates.

posed vertically on top of the casing adja-jl cent 'to the head ofthe said speed-regulating.

screw, the said screw bem adjustable lengthwiseof and parallel with t e and a screw may top of said screwwith 'saidgraduationL l said plate, lgraduation on the said -plate with A e' be adjusted to' alinethe Having thus described'myinvention, IA

nra'chine-'cas 'the' said indicator-plate extending par-- a e ipc '3.In combinationwith a' talking-'machine 5 4 IIO . lengthwise of and parallel with the said plate,

having a easing, a turn-table and a speed- Whchthe screw may be adjusted to aline the lo regulating screw, of an indicator-plate distop of said screw with said graduation.

posed vertically on top of the casing adja- In testimony whereof I have signed my cent to the head of the said speed-regulating name to this specification in the presence of screw, the said plate being provided at its two subscribing Witnesses. i

bottoni with a ange attached to the said l EDMOND `HUGH RORDAN. casing, the said screw being adjustable Witnesses:

WM. WARNER, and a graduation on theV said plate with J. A'. LIPPINCOTT. 

